Wednesday, 6 April 2016

eHealth Africa Job Vacancy for an Operations Department Manager

eHealth Africa is focused on improving healthcare by creating effective
ways to implement reliable health information management systems. We
have developed eHealth and mHealth solutions that can be rapidly
deployed to manage patient information, streamline clinical procedures,
and provide data and analysis on health program outcomes.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Operations Department Manager

Summary:
The Operations Department Manager provides
strategic leadership and direction of all operations activities within
eHealth Africa. Oversees, supervises, and coordinates all operation
activities of eHA with other departments and outside agencies to ensure
accurate, expedient and efficient delivery of services. S/he is
responsible for administration, planning, coordination, and
implementation of activities in the Operations Department and
contributes to the development and implementation of organizational
strategies, policies and practices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform
this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each
essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.

Establishes appropriate management structure, including respective roles
and responsibilities. Establishes and maintains appropriate systems to
monitor, evaluate and report on all operational activities.

—Oversees the development of operational strategy in cooperation with
Executive Management. Oversees the planning of operation activities
between Department/divisions within eHA, and external government and
community organizations.

—Ensures ongoing maintenance of all eHA assets including (buildings,
inspection and preventive maintenance of machines and equipment to
ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization).
Ensures that all construction projects adhere to building regulations
and codes.

—Develops and implements operation practices and procedures. Assess
operational practices, systems, and duties to ensure that technology is
effectively leveraged, work is effectively organized and performed at
the right level.

—Develops and manages operations against the established operational
and capital budgets, ensuring financial goals are met. Participates in
budgeting activities, reviews costs and expenses and strives for
continuous improvement of the operating units.

—Monitors, manages and increases the effectiveness and efficiency of Support Services to the various departments.

—Oversees and manages vendors. Assists with identification and
selection of vendors. Generates work plan for vendor, defining and
communication of timelines to ensure availability of vendor resources.
Identifies and resolves vendor issues. Oversees record-keeping (online
and physical) for vendors, vehicles usage, etc.

—Interfaces with eHA departments to ascertain and provides related
technical guidance and assistance. Ensures that
departments/projects/programs requests are resolved and communicated in a
timely manner.

—Attends and participates in professional associations, meetings,
seminars, conferences and trainings to stay abreast of new trends and
innovations in the field of Operations.

—Ensures compliance with laws and regulations.

—May frequently travel between company worksites.

—Presents a professional demeanor at all times. Approaches others in a
tactful manner. Reacts well under pressure. Treats others with respect
and consideration regardless of their status or position. Accepts
responsibility for own actions. Follows through on commitments.

—Is consistently at work and on time.

—Participates in and promotes a positive, supportive, cooperative team environment.

—Attends and participates in staff meetings, training classes and supervision.

—Adheres to Policies and Procedures.

—Adheres to eHealth Africa Code of Conduct as well as ethical standards of the field.

Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required to
successfully perform this job.

Education/Experience

Bachelor’s degree from college or university in Business Administration, Management, Project Management, or a related field.

Five (5) years working experience in Operations, preferably in an NGO or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Minimum of three years of operations supervisory experience.

Proven ability to lead and manage multi-disciplinary/diverse teams,
as well as mentoring team. Ability to read and interpret documents such
as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedural
manuals

English is the spoken and written language. Fluency in Hausa is desirable.

Ability to read, analyse, proof and edit documents, and interpret
general business periodicals, professional journals, or government
regulations.

Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees and the general public.

Math Ability
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situation

Reasoning Ability
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of
concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization
exists.

Work Environment:
The work environment
characteristics described here are representative of those an employee
encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can
become louder at times due to group discussions or activities.
eHealth Africa is a tobacco-free environment.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described
here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision,
distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to
adjust focus.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
The employee is frequently required to sit and use a computer and/or reach with hands and arms.

How to apply:

Using job tittle as subject of the email, please send cover letter
(suitability statement) and resume as a single PDF or MS word document
to recruiter@ehealthnigeria.org

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